Class Psychology of Education

Throughout its history, Educational Psychology has investigated many themes that are necessary to understand the protagonists who cross paths in the classroom and in educational contexts: teachers, students, content, teaching strategies. This program aims to address and reflect on some of them so that they can be studied and deepened.

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Syllabus 1 Psychology, Education, and Development . Development and biological heritage . Development and cultural heritage . Education and Development 2 - Learning and Development . Conceptions of human development . . Learning and development . The Great Theoretical Paradigms of Learning 3 - Personal and social development . The epigenetics of personal and social development . Personal Building and Values . The Development of Moral Conscience. Education and citizenship

Texts will be distributed of compulsory reading before the classes, that will be discussed in each session, according to a programmed schedule. Will be requested the participation of students and eventually the dynamization of the discussion. The lectures will be targeted to cover the topics of the syllabus. The evaluation shall be made on the basis of an individual work, in the form of a scientific paper, which involves empirical research or field on a "subject" proposed to the group, within the area of the curriculum unit, using the most appropriate methodology to their research objectives. The number of pages should not exceed 15. The evaluation criteria will obey compliance with rules of construction of a scientific paper.

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